British nationalists are, as we would expect, drooling over the comments form Mariano Rajoy and Francois Hollande just as they revel in anything that they perceive as a put-down for Scotland. While hard-line unionists welcome these comments as promising to…

In November last year I wrote an article for the online site Newsnet. The article, entitled ‘Stop debating Indyref2 timing: Unionists are campaigning already’, warned yes supporters that Unionists were already campaigning in anticipation of indyref2. I wrote: “…whilst the…

As Nicola Sturgeon and her team work tirelessly in Scotland’s interests it is clear that there are those who desperately want her to fail. As ever, the consequences for Scotland matters less to these people than their mindless hatred of…

Now that the #EUReferendum is over, and British politicians have finally come out of hiding, it is striking how much the aftermath of the EU vote resembles the period immediately following Scotland’s first independence referendum. After a campaign in which…

Let us reflect for a moment on what Jim Sillars is actually proposing here, before considering what motivates him and the thinking – if that is the appropriate term – behind his increasingly vitriolic attacks on the SNP leadership and…

Set your diaries folks. Scotland will have another opportunity to vote for independence in two years time. Within hours of last Thursday’s BRexit vote Nicola Sturgeon announced that the wheels had been set in motion that would lead to indyref2. …

As both the main political parties of the British establishment disintegrate under the weight of their own casual corruption and complacent ineptitude, Nick Cohen’s wish for a “halfway competent opposition” sounds rather more than mere journalistic rhetoric. It has the…

Former Labour First Minister Henry McLeish has said he supports membership of the European Union over the continuation of the United Kingdom. In what many will interpret as backing for a Yes vote in the event of a second independence…

Ratings agency Moody’s has announced it has downgraded the UK’s credit outlook to negative after the EU referendum resulted in a win for Leave. In a statement the agency warned the result meant “a prolonged period of uncertainty”. The agency…

Rushed out during the independence referendum and subsequently panned by critics, Scotland 2016 is now on death row. Its demise can’t come soon enough for me. Some people have been lamenting its imminent passing and the fact that there won’t…